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A crosswind landing is a geometry problem. The air mass you're flying in is moving sideways across the runway, and you need your ground track down the centreline with your wheels aligned to it at the moment of contact. There are two techniques that will help, the crab and the sideslip.
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 117 kt with 2.3° of pitch.
Two traces from brake release: the airspeed on top, and below it the pitch, which is how far the nose is above the horizon. The figure at liftoff is the pitch then. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.
The takeoff, point by point
Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 847 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 1,097 m of runway left; then climbing at 1,810 fpm on average to 847 ft.
The takeoff from the side: the height above the runway against the distance along it. The numbers along the runway are the speeds reached at each point. Lifting off in the amber last quarter of the runway costs marks for the roll length. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, scored on its average speed against the target.
Plan view the roll down the 2,110 m runway.
Rolled from 109 m in, drifted right of the centreline, 5.9 m at the widest, and lifted off 6.1 m right. Airborne 34 % of the way down the runway, before the 75 % line.
The roll from above, with your left at the top. The line is where the wheels went, and "widest" is the furthest you drifted off the centreline. Lifting off before the amber 75 % line gets full marks for the roll length. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
The final from 4 nm.
Profile height against the 3.5° glideslope, with its 2° band in green.
Inside the glideslope band from 0.8 nm, where the final began, to the threshold, never more than 160 ft above the slope.
Your height above the runway against the distance still to go. The glideslope is the steady descent path to the aiming point, 305 m past the threshold: 3.5° here, which is about 370 ft for every nautical mile out, crossing the threshold at about 60 ft. The row under the distances is the height it puts you at. Inside the green band your path is drawn green; outside it, amber.
Plan distance off the extended centreline, your left at the top, with the 1° band. Sideways distances are drawn 3× larger than distances along the final.
Joined 212 m left of the centreline at 0.8 nm, then inside the band from 0.6 nm to the threshold.
Looking down from above, flying left to right towards the runway: up the page is left of the centreline, down is right. Sideways distances are stretched so that small drifts show, so a line that looks wild here may be only a few tens of feet. The labels are how far off you were at each distance, amber when outside the band.
Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 78 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 48 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.
Inside the speed band all the way, between +8 kt and +15 kt on the approach speed of 98 kt.
Your indicated airspeed down the final, against the approach speed for this aircraft at its landing weight. The band allows 5 kt slow and more on the fast side further out, closing as you get lower, because the speed is expected to come off on the way down. The figures are knots above (+) or below (−) the approach speed.
Over the threshold
Touchdown
6 kt across from the right, which takes about 4° of crab to hold the centreline at 89 kt. Touched down with 4° of it still on, wings level.
Wind 074° at 6 kt · 2 kt head · 6 kt across
The wind is the one recorded at the landing, split along the runway (headwind or tailwind) and across it. To hold the centreline in a crosswind the nose points a little into wind - the crab - and is straightened with rudder just before the wheels touch, often with the into-wind wing lowered to stop the drift. These are the nose against the direction you were actually moving, and the wings, at the moment of touchdown. Shown for reading; not marked.
From 88 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 17 s, an average deceleration of 0.18 g.
Your ground speed from the moment the wheels touched until you were down to taxi speed, against the distance rolled. A steep line is hard braking, a shallow one a long, gentle roll. For scale, an airliner's lowest autobrake setting decelerates at about 0.15 g, a medium one about 0.3 g. Shown for reading; not marked.
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 42 ft, close to the 50 ft target. Touched down 511 m in, 206 m past the ideal 305 m.
The last stretch of the approach and the touchdown, from the side. The height is stretched so that the last few feet show: 80 ft top to bottom, against 1,524 m across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 305 m in. The flare ring is where you began raising the nose, and "descent slowed" is where the sink came off; the figures beside them are the sink rate, pitch and speed at that point.
Sink and pitch — through the flare, lined up with the side view.
From 43 ft the descent stopped and turned into a climb of 110 fpm before coming down at 180 fpm to touch. The nose came up 3.5° on the way down.
Lined up with the side view above, so a point on one sits under the same point of the other. On top, how fast you were coming down: 0 is level, and −600 is 600 ft a minute down. Below, the pitch. In a flare the nose comes up and the descent slows towards 0. The figure at the touchdown line is your touchdown rate.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,110 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 4 m left of the centreline and drifted to 11 m right on the rollout, back to 2.3 m right by the end.
The runway from above, with your left at the top. Touching down inside the green bracket scores full marks for the distance. The shaded part is the rollout, up to where it ended. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
Touched down 511 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the departure roll from runway 36 at LFKC Calvi-Sainte-Catherine Airport, where the aircraft, a Cockspur PH100, took off after a distance of 630 meters, which was 30% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 117 knots. The local weather conditions at the time of takeoff were characterized by a temperature of 17 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 5 knots at 61 degrees, resulting in a crosswind of 4 knots and a headwind of 2 knots.
As the aircraft climbed, it started its enroute climb 1 mile south east of Calvi, France, and ascended from an altitude of 1,065 feet above sea level to 2,998 feet above sea level, an increase of 1,933 feet in just 1 minute, covering a distance of 2 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise then began 1 mile west of Lumio, France, and lasted for 8 minutes, covering a distance of 6 nautical miles.
The enroute descent started 6 miles north of Lumio, France, and the aircraft descended from an altitude of 3,010 feet above sea level to 1,205 feet above sea level, a decrease of 1,805 feet in 3 minutes, covering a distance of 8 nautical miles. Another enroute level cruise then began 1 mile south of Calvi, France, and lasted for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 2 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 36 at LFKC Calvi-Sainte-Catherine Airport was made from the south, with the aircraft heading 0.0 degrees at 0 nautical miles and 209 feet above ground level. The landing was successful, with the touchdown point being 80 meters beyond the touchdown zone. The touchdown speed was 89 knots, which was good, and the touchdown rate was also good at -185 feet per minute.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 16 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 6 knots at 74 degrees, resulting in a crosswind of 6 knots and a headwind of 2 knots. The total landing distance was 1,040 meters, which was 49% of the runway length. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.0 meters from the centreline, and the runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned by 13.8 meters from the centreline.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area from the runway in less than 1 minute, covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 21 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 18 minutes. The aircraft used 195 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
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